Jaymz Marez Session
As stated in an earlier post, for this session we shot in the salon as we had 4 hair stylist and models and wanted to give the artists access to all their tools. Also I did not want to shuttle the subjects back and forth from location to salon. I used a simple three light [...]
BETH CRUZ SESSION
It has been a while since I have photographed Elizabeth Cruz for a series of bikini images that were VERY well received. After texting back and forth the night before we decided to get together and shoot despite the weather. Weather? Well I am a location shooter and the overnight frost warning did not bode [...]
GRIDIRON: Composite Photograph
Inspired by the work of Joel Grimes and my friend Patricia’s iconic photo this is my interpretation of the female shoulder pad football image. My work has been described as sensual and intimate, this image I believe has both. The original photo of Alyssa was shot on Adorama Seamless Background Paper suspended from a Manfrotto [...]
Hello Kitty Shoot Composite
It has been a while since Christine and I have shot together. I decided to change that. In looking at her Facebook page I saw she had a Hello Kitty fetish and a theme was born. While we were shooting, we came across an old boat sitting in a yard. I had her quickly jump [...]
Mobile Corporate Portrait Studio
The folks at Wind River Systems have been trying to schedule me to re-shoot their executive photos for almost a year. The goal was to get them while at the corporate HQ. Though we came close a few times, it always fell through at the last minute. To be honest, I expected as much. I [...]
It’s Just a Portrait… Right?
So I was recently sent by my one of my publishers to shoot a portrait for a financial services client. The executive wished to run an ad in the next issue and wanted a new head shot. Normally we send one of my peers to shoot these, but at the client’s and ad sales manager’s [...]
Heroic Portraits
My agent Ronald Bolden found us a new client last week in American Basketball Association’s East Bay Pit Bulls. After meeting on Monday we sketched out a tentative shoot schedule and some collateral needs for re-branding the team. However right as we were wrapping up, the team’s owner Debra received a call from the New [...]
2010 What a Year…
A year ago I started Kandidz with a vision and little more. 1,000 Facebook Fans, 1,100 Tweeters, 134,000 Flickr Viewers, 2,500 Blog Subscribers and 9,449 photos later I am a wiser and happier than I have ever been thanks to my supportive family, friends and team mates. Thank you all for a great first year. [...]
Birthday Party for Curtis Young (Son of Dr. Dre)
My business partner and I had the pleasure of celebrating Curtis Young’s birthday in Hacienda Height, CA this weekend. I didn’t think my 70-200mm would be able to capture enough light for the kandid shots. But my favorite lens continues to impress me and come through in the clutch.
PHOTOSHOOT: PRINCESS
My business partner Ramon was telling me about an article in an email newslestter. In the story, Rod Evans was describing how he used a flip mounted to his camera’s hot shoe to shoot video during his sessions. I thought it was a great idea and decided to head over to Best Buy the following [...]
